Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

MERCENARIES: PLAYGROUND OF DESTRUCTION – Michael Giacchino, Chris Tilton

December 14, 2004 Leave a comment

GAME ZONE REVIEW

Whereas television was once the breeding ground for aspiring composers, in the year 2005 the best place for the young and the talented to hone their craft is in the video game arena. I remember back in the 1980s when video game music consisted solely of little electronic blips and bloops; if you were lucky, you got a little synthesised melody which looped endlessly as you played. Not so today – it seems that every new ‘prestige’ game comes loaded with a full, thematic, orchestral score, many of which can rival the best of Hollywood’s output. So it is with Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, the latest release from LucasArts and software developers Pandemic. Read more…